Graphical methods for displaying uncertainty are often the most concise and informative way to communicate abstract concepts. Presentation methods currently in use for the display and interpretation of scientific uncertainty are reviewed. Numerous subjective and objective uncertainty display methods are presented, including qualitative assessments, node and arrow diagrams, standard statistical...
Dibenzo(def,p)chrysene (DBC), (also known as dibenzo[a,l]pyrene), is a high molecular weight
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) found in the environment, including food, produced by
the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. DBC, classified by IARC as a 2A probable human
carcinogen, has a relative potency factor (RPF) in animal cancer models 30-fold higher...
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Madeen,†,‡ Richard A. Corley,‡,⊥ Susan Crowell,‡,⊥ Kenneth Turteltaub,# Ted Ognibene,¶
Mike Malfatti
Predicting the net effects on the carbon and water
balance of semi-arid forests under future conditions depends
on ecosystem processes responding to changes in
soil and atmospheric drought. Here we apply a combination
of field observations and soil–plant–atmosphere modeling
(SPA) to study carbon and water dynamics in a regenerating
ponderosa...
Fishery management production models tend to stress only the elements directly linked to fish (i.e. fish, fish food, and fish predators). Large coastal jellyfish are major consumers of plankton in heavily fished ecosystems; yet, they are frequently not included as model components. We explore the relationship between gulf menhaden (Brevoortia...
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dietary overlap among
zooplanktivorous jellyfish and juvenile fishes in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Phylogenetic analyses of assemblage membership provide insight into how
ecological communities are structured. However, despite the scale-dependency of many
ecological processes, little is known about how assemblage and source pool size definitions can
be altered, either alone or together, to provide insight into how ecological diversity is
maintained. Moreover, although...
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across fine spatial scales and among clades of different ages
WILLIAM D. PEARSE,1,2,6 F. ANDREW JONES
Subtropical marine stratus clouds regulate coastal and global climate, but future trends in these
clouds are uncertain. In coastal Southern California (CSCA), interannual variations in summer stratus cloud
occurrence are spatially coherent across 24 airfields and dictated by positive relationships with stability
above the marine boundary layer (MBL) and MBL...
This report reviews the state of the California Current System (CCS) between winter 2012 and spring 2013, and includes observations from Washington State to Baja California. During 2012, large-scale climate modes indicated the CCS remained in a cool, productive phase present since 2007. The upwelling season was delayed north of...
Subtropical marine stratus clouds regulate coastal and global climate, but future trends in these
clouds are uncertain. In coastal Southern California (CSCA), interannual variations in summer stratus cloud
occurrence are spatially coherent across 24 airfields and dictated by positive relationships with stability
above the marine boundary layer (MBL) and MBL...
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Southern California
A. Park Williams1, Rachel E. Schwartz2, Sam Iacobellis2, Richard Seager1, Benjamin I
The reality confronting ecosystem managers today is one of heterogeneous, rapidly transforming landscapes,
particularly in the areas more affected by urban and agricultural development. A landscape management
framework that incorporates all systems, across the spectrum of degrees of alteration, provides a fuller set of
options for how and when to...
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dominated by the non-native grass Pennisetum purpureum in humid highland areas within the
Galapagos National
Despite knowledge that concerted evolution of high-copy loci is often imperfect,
studies that investigate the extent of intragenomic polymorphisms and comparisons
across a large number of species are rarely made. We present a bioinformatic pipeline
for characterizing polymorphisms within an individual among copies of a high-copy
locus. Results are presented...
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University, Corvallis, OR, USA
2 Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
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